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Apple Wins Big in Patent Case

After deliberating for 21 hours, 37 minutes, the jury in the Apple v. Samsung trial awarded Apple $1.05 billion in damages after Samsung was found to have willfully infringed five of seven Apple patents. Mike Isaac reports on the News Hub. Photo: Reuters.

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Jessica E. Vascellaro

Updated Aug. 25, 2012 1:41 p.m. ET

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Nine jurors delivered a sweeping victory to Apple Inc. in a high-stakes court battle against Samsung Electronics Co., awarding the Silicon Valley company $1.05 billion in damages and providing ammunition for more legal attacks on its mobile-device rivals.

Jurors Friday found that Samsung infringed all but one of the seven patents at issue in the case—a patent covering the physical design of the iPad. They found all seven of Apple's patents valid—despite Samsung's attempts to have them thrown out. They also...